Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana)

Maximilian Bröcher

PhD student in the Population Ecology Group with a focus on trophic interactions along a grassland biodiversity gradient.
Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana)
Image: Holger Schielzeth
Maximilian Bröcher
PhD Student
Maximilian Bröcher
Image: Maximilian Bröcher
maximilian.broecher@uni-jena.de
+49 3641 9-49426 +49 3641 9-49402
Room 413
Dornburger Straße 159
07743 Jena
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Curriculum Vitae Expand entry
  • since 2020 PhD student at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, FSU Jena
  • 2020 M. Sc. in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics, FSU Jena
  • 2017 B. Sc. in Biology, FSU Jena
Research interests Expand entry

I studied Ecology with focus on biodiversity research and with a particular interest in arthropods and how they contribute to ecosystem functioning. Arthropod consumers are important drivers of plant community assembly, plant diversity and providers of ecosystem functions. Furthermore, consumer-related functions as predation or herbivory transfer matter and energy from primary producers to higher trophic levels. Thus, using a food-web perspective I explore mechanisms of how arthropod consumers are affected by changes in plant communities and vice versa. In previous projects I investigated consumer-related functions in artificial flower strips. Currently, I use the framework of the Jena Experiment to conduct my research.